Lenovo TS140 User Manual

ThinkServerTS140
UserGuide

MachineTypes:70A0,70A1,70A4,and70A5

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage93

FirstEdition(September2013)

©CopyrightLenovo2013.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration
“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.

Contents

Safetyinformation..........iii

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

Introduction.................1

Serverdocumentation.............2

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

Serverpackage...............7

Features..................7

Specications...............10

Software.................10

ThinkServerEasyStartup.........10

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.11

BIOSupdateutilities..........11

RAIDcongurationutilities........11

Diagnosticprograms..........11

Locations.................11

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

label.................11

Frontviewoftheserver.........12

Rearviewoftheserver.........13

Locatingpartsonthesystemboard....15

Internalcomponents..........16

Internaldrives.............16

Chapter4.Turningonandturningoff

theserver...............19

Turningontheserver............19

Turningofftheserver............19

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver..21

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........21

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....21

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

program...............21

SetupUtilityprograminterface......22

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....24

Usingpasswords............25

ConguringtheTPMfunction.......26

Selectingastartupdevice........26

ExitingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram....27

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......27

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...28

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............29

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............29

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

onaWindowsoperatingsystem......31

ConguringRAID..............31

AboutRAID..............31

ConguringthesystemBIOStoenable

onboardSATARAIDfunctionality......32

CreatingRAIDvolumes.........33

DeletingRAIDvolumes.........33

Resettingdiskstonon-RAID.......33

Updatingthermware............34

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....34

Chapter6.Installing,removing,or

replacinghardware..........35

Guidelines................35

Precautions..............35

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....36

Systemreliabilityguidelines........37

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.37

Removingtheservercover..........37

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....38

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...40

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard...41

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...41

Installingorremovingthetertiaryharddisk

drive.................45

Installingorremovingtheslimopticaldrive

andthefourthharddiskdrive.......50

InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard......56

Installingorreplacingtheopticaldrive...60

Installingorreplacingthesecondaryharddisk

drive.................61

Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive....64

Replacingthepowersupplyassembly...66

Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly..69

ReplacingthefrontaudioandUSB

assembly...............71

Replacingthefrontfanassembly.....72

Replacingtherearfanassembly......73

Replacingthemicroprocessor.......75

Replacingthesystemboardbattery....78

Completingthepartsreplacement.......79

Connectingthecables..........80

Connectingexternaldevices.......81

Updatingtheserverconguration.....81

Installingsecurityfeatures..........81

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Integratedcablelock..........81

Padlock...............81

Passwordprotection..........81

Chapter7.Troubleshootingand

diagnostics..............83

Troubleshootingprocedure..........83

Usingadiagnosticprogram.........83

Basictroubleshootingtables.........84

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramproblems.84

Opticaldriveproblems..........84

Harddiskdriveproblems.........85

Memorymoduleproblems........86

Keyboard,mouse,orUSBdeviceproblems.87

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice..............89

Informationresources............89

Usingthedocumentation.........89

ThinkServerWebsite..........89

LenovoSupportWebsite.........89

Helpandservice..............90

Beforeyoucall.............90

Callingforservice............90

Usingotherservices..........91

Purchasingadditionalservices......91

AppendixA.Notices..........93

Trademarks................94

Importantnotes..............94

Particulatecontamination..........94

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..95

Recyclinginformation............95

Batteryreturnprogram..........95

BatteryrecyclinginformationforTaiwan...96
RequirementsforBatteriesContaining

Perchlorate..............96

ImportantWEEEinformation.........97

RestrictionofHazardousSubstancesDirective

(RoHS)..................97

ChinaRoHS..............98

TurkishRoHS.............98

IndiaRoHS..............99

EuropeanUnionRoHS..........99

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...99

Exportclassicationnotice..........99

Electronicemissionnotices..........99

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............99

Eurasiancompliancemark..........102

ENERGYSTARmodelinformation.......102

Index.................103

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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

Førdubrugerproduktet,skaldusørgeforatlæseogforstådesikkerhedsforskrifter,derndespåere
sprog,pådendokumentations-dvd,derfølgermedproduktet.

LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen
käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesgurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,βεβαιωθείτεότιέχετεδιαβάσεικαικατανοήσειτιςοδηγίεςασφάλειας,οι
οποίεςείναιδιαθέσιμεςσεδιάφορεςγλώσσεςστοDVDτεκμηρίωσηςπουσυνοδεύειτοπροϊόν.

VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.

AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.

Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.

製品をご使用になる前に、製品に付属のDocumentationDVDに収録されているマルチリンガルの「安
全に正しくご使用いただくために」を読んで理解してください。

제품을사용하기전에제품과함께제공되는문서DVD의다국어안전지침을주의깊게읽어보십시오.

Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.

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Przedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymiinstrukcjamibezpieczeństwa
znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

Antesdeutilizaroproduto,leiaatentamenteasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilinguesqueconstamno
DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed
dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

Преждечемиспользоватьэтотпродукт,внимательноознакомьтесьсинструкциямипотехнике
безопасностинаразныхязыках,которыеможнонайтинаDVD-дискесдокументациейвкомплектес
продуктом.

在使用本产品之前，请务必先阅读和了解产品附带的文档DVD中的多语言安全说明。

Prenegotoupotrebiteproizvodobaveznopaljivoproitajteiprouiteviejezikouputstvozabezbednostna
dokumentacionomDVD-ukojistedobiliuzproizvod.

PredpouvanmproduktusipretajteviacjazynbezpenostnpokynynadiskuDVDsdokumentcioudodanoms
produktom.

Predenzačneteuporabljatiizdelek,jepomembno,daprebereteinrazumetevečjezičnavarnostnanavodila
naDVD-juzdokumentacijo,kistegaprejeliskupajzizdelkom.

Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.

Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

使用本產品之前，請務必閱讀並瞭解產品隨附的文件DVD上的多國語言版本安全資訊。

Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.

Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.

Important:Fortranslatedversionsofthecautionordangerstatement,refertotheSafety,Warranty,and
SupportInformationdocument.

Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orrecongurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water ,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.

5.TurndevicesON.

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis
recommendedbythemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly
used,handled,ordisposedof.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

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Statement3

CAUTION:
Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

≥18kg(39.7lb)≥32kg(70.5lb)≥55kg(121.2lb)
<32kg(70.5lb)<55kg(121.2lb)<100kg(220.5lb)

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoapowersourcethatiseasilyaccessible
incaseitneedstobedisconnected.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,ensurethatyouremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthe
devicetoprotectagainstpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.

Statement9

CAUTION:
Disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevicetoprotectagainst
personalinjury.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesasharp-edgehazard.

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Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesapotentialheathazard.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialrehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.To
avoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcurrentratings
attheinstallationsite.

Statement13

CAUTION:
Ensurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextendedontherails.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimits.Y ou
mustinstalltheappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewithyourlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

Statement15

CAUTION:
Thepower-controlbuttononthedevicemayputthedeviceinstandbymodeinsteadofturningoff
thedevice.Inaddition,thedevicemighthavemultipleconnectionstodcpower.T oremoveall
electricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallconnectionstodcpoweraredisconnectedat
thedcpowerinputterminals.

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Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as
denedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

•Connecttheequipmenttoareliablyearthedsafetyextralowvoltage(SELV)source.AnSELV
sourceisasecondarycircuitthatisdesignedsothatnormalandsinglefaultconditionsdonot
causethevoltagestoexceedasafelevel(60Vdirectcurrent).

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

•Use1.3mm

2

or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•T orquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.

•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceintheeldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

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Statement20

CAUTION:
Alithiumionbatteryisprovided.T oavoidpossibleexplosion,donotburnthebattery.Replacethe
batteryonlywiththeLenovo-approvedpart.Recycleordiscardthebatteryasinstructedbylocal
regulations.

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisuserguideforyourLenovo
specications,componentlocations,congurationinstructions,hardwarereplacementprocedures,and
basictroubleshootinganddiagnostics.

YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand
maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswithaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatprovidesa
convenientsolutionforconguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.

TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom
Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion
ofthelatestLLWalsoisavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02.If
youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
ofceorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,freeofcharge.

®

ThinkServer

®

productcontainsinformationabouttheserverfeatures,

Forwarrantyservice,consulttheworldwideLenovoSupporttelephonelist.Telephonenumbersaresubject
tochangewithoutnotice.Themostup-to-datetelephonelistforLenovoSupportisalwaysavailableonthe
Websiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support/phone.Ifthetelephonenumberforyourcountryorregionisnot
listed,contactyourLenovoresellerorLenovomarketingrepresentative.

Toobtainthemostup-to-dateinformationabouttheserver,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformationand
downloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.ToaccesstheLenovoSupportWebsite,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Recordinformationabouttheserverinthefollowingtable.Youwillneedtheseinformationwhenyou
registertheserverwithLenovo.

Forwheretondtheproductinformationlabelonthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label”onpage11

.

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Productname

______________________________________________

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

Serialnumber(S/N)

Dateofpurchase

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

YoucanregisteryourserverwithLenovobyfollowingtheinstructionsat:
http://www.lenovo.com/register

Whenyouregisteryourserver,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteryourserverwithLenovo,youwillreceive
quickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand
servicestoregisteredusers.

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesgeneraldescriptionsofthevariousdocumentationforyourserverandinstructionson
howtoobtainallthedocumentation.

Printeddocument

Thefollowingdocumentisprintedoutandcontainedinyourserverpackage.

ReadMeFirst

Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadrst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete
warranty,support,andsafetyinformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserverbefore
usingtheproduct.Thisdocumentalsoprovidesinformationabouthowtondthemostup-to-date
informationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.

DocumentationDVD

ThedocumentationDVD,whichcomeswithyourserver,containsvariousdocumentsforyourserverin
PortableDocumentFormat(PDF)andHyperTextMarkupLanguage(HTML).ThedocumentationDVDisnot
bootable.ToviewthedocumentsontheDVD,youwillneedacomputerwithaWebbrowserandtheAdobe
Readerprogram,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.adobe.com

TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand
startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft

®

Linux

operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmlelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

®

Windows

®

environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga

Note:LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation
anddownloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.Someinformationinthedocumentsonthe
documentationDVDmightchangewithoutnoticeaftertherstreleaseoftheDVD.Youcanalwaysobtainall
themostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

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ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

•Safety,Warranty,andSupportInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30

languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.This
documentalsoincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,
andinformationabouthowtocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

•LenovoLicenseAgreement
ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•UserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,

congure,andmaintainyourserver.

Documentonlyfortrainedservicepersonnel

ThefollowingdocumentisintendedonlyfortrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.

HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutcomponentlocations,replacementproceduresformajorField
ReplaceableUnits(FRUs),andtroubleshootinganddiagnostics.Thisdocumentisupdatedfrequently,and
themostup-to-dateversionisalwaysavailableinEnglishontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingonthecongurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandan
acpowersource,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardware
featuresinstalled,requireshardwareandrmwareconguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemto
beinstalled.

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicsinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage35

3.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
13tolocatetheconnectors.

4.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage19.

5.ReviewtheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)settingsandcustomizeasneeded.See
“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21

6.CongureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“ThinkServerEasyStartup”
onpage10and“ConguringRAID”onpage31.

7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.

8.CongureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

9.Checkforrmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthermware”onpage34.

10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.

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Chapter3.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttheserverpackage,features,specications,andsoftwareprograms.

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludestheserver,apowercord,printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,and
softwaremedia.

Figure1.Serverpackage

1

Server

2

Powercord

3

Materialbox(includingprinteddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,andsoftwaremedia)

Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforvariousmodels.Dependingonyour
specicmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryornotbeavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,use
theSetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

Microprocessor

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingmicroprocessors(internalcachesizevariesbymodeltype):

•Intel

•IntelPentium

•IntelXeon

ForalistoftheThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

®

Core™i3microprocessor

®

®

microprocessor

microprocessor

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Memory

Yourserverhasfourmemoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Installingorremovingamemorymodule”
onpage41.

Powersupply

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingpowersupplycongurations:

•280-wattautomaticvoltage-sensingpowersupply

•450-wattautomaticvoltage-sensingpowersupply

Fans

Yourservercomeswiththefollowingfanstoprovidepropersystemcoolingandairow:

•Onefrontsystemfan

•Oneheatsinkandfanassembly

•Onerearsystemfan

Internaldrives

Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.

•Harddiskdrive
Uptofour3.5-inchSerialAdvancedTechnologgyAttachment(SATA)harddiskdrives

•Opticaldrive
OneSATAopticaldriveinsomemodels

Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Internaldrives”onpage16.

Expansionslots

Theserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Locatingpartson
thesystemboard”onpage15.

Input/Output(I/O)features

•One9-pinserialport

•OneEthernetconnector

•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)monitorconnector

•SixUSB3.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)

•Threeaudioconnectorsontherearpanel(audioline-inconnector,audioline-outconnector,and
microphoneconnector)

•TwoDisplayPortconnectors

•TwoUSB2.0connectorsontherearpanel

Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage11

Videosubsystem

IntegratedgraphicsforaVGAconnectorandtwoDisplayPortconnectors

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Ethernetconnectivity

OneRJ-45Ethernetconnectorontherearpanelwith100Mbpsor1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.

Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage13

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Reliability,availability,andserviceability

Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see

“Usingpasswords”onpage25

)

–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity

Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.

–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp

•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

–IntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterprise(RSTe)

IntelRSTeisadevicedriverthatprovidessupportforSATAorSASRAID0,1,5,and10arrayson
specicIntelchipsetsystemboardstoenhanceharddiskdriveperformance.

–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)oroperatingsystems.

–Softwareprograms

Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage10

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–WakeonLAN

WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoaLAN,anetwork
administratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagementconsoleusingremote
networkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdatatransferandsoftware
updates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedoneafternormalworking
hoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.

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Specications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourserver.

Dimensions

Width:175mm(6.89inches)
Height:375mm(14.76inches)
Depth:431mm(16.97inches)

Weight

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemcongurations.

Maximumcongurationwithoutpackage:13kg(28.66lb)
Maximumcongurationwithpackage:15.5kg(34.17lb)

Environment

•Airtemperature:
Operating:10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)

Storage:-40°Cto70°C(-40°Fto158°F)inoriginalshippingpackage

•Altitude:0to3048m(0to10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment

•Humidity:
Operating:8%to80%(non-condensing)

Storagewithoutpackage:8%to80%(non-condensing)
Storagewithpackage:8%to90%(non-condensing)

Electricalinput

Universalinput:

•Lowrange:
Minimum:100Vac

Maximum:127Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz

•Highrange:
Minimum:200Vac

Maximum:240Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz

Software

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetosetup,use,andmaintain
theserver.

ThinkServerEasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveron
aself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefortheprogramalsoisonthe
DVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailedinformation,see“Usingthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage28

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ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater
program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver
outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisavailablefordownloadingfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.
FormoreinformationaboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthe
rmware”onpage34

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BIOSupdateutilities

TheBIOSrmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.LenovomaintainspagesontheSupport
WebsiteandprovidestheBIOSupdateutilitieswithinstructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatethe
BIOSrmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updatingthermware”onpage34and“Updatingor
recoveringtheBIOS”onpage27

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RAIDcongurationutilities

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID).Fordetailed
information,see“ConguringRAID”onpage31

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Diagnosticprograms

Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:

•ThinkServerDiagnosticT ool

•ThinkServerSystemProleCollectionT ool

Formoreinformation,see“Usingadiagnosticprogram”onpage83.

Locations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Thistopichelpsyoulocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation
foryourserver.

WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.

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Thefollowingisasampleofthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel.

Figure2.Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Frontviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethepartsonthefrontoftheserver.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewoftheserver.

Figure3.Frontviewoftheserver

1Opticaldriveeject/closebutton
2HarddiskdriveactivityLED
3Power-onLED

4Powerbutton
5USB3.0connectors(2)

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

Figure4“Rearconnectorlocations”onpage14showsthelocationsoftheconnectorsontherearof
yourserver.Someconnectorsontherearofyourserverarecolor-codedtohelpyoudeterminewhere
toconnectthecablesonyourserver.

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Figure4.Rearconnectorlocations

1Powercordconnector9Audioline-inconnector
2Serialconnector10PCIExpressx16graphicscard(availableinsomemodels)
3VGAmonitorconnector11PCIExpressx1cardslotbracket
4DisplayPortconnectors(2)12PCIcardslotbracket
5USB3.0connectors(4)13PCIExpressx4cardslotbracket
6USB2.0connectors(2)14Optionalserialconnector
7Microphoneconnector15Ethernetconnector
8Audioline-outconnector

16PS/2keyboardandmouseconnectors(optional)

ConnectorDescription

Audioline-inconnector

Usedtoreceiveaudiosignalsfromanexternalaudiodevice,suchasastereo
system.Whenyouattachanexternalaudiodevice,acableconnectstheaudio
line-outconnectorofthedevicetotheaudioline-inconnectoroftheserver.

Audioline-outconnector

Usedtosendaudiosignalsfromtheservertoexternaldevices,suchaspowered
stereospeakers(speakerswithbuilt-inampliers),headphones,multimedia
keyboards,ortheaudioline-inconnectoronastereosystemorotherexternal
recordingdevice.

DisplayPortconnector

Usedtoattachahigh-performancemonitor,adirect-drivemonitor,orotherdevices
thatuseaDisplayPortconnector.

Ethernetconnector

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforalocalareanetwork(LAN).
Note:TooperatetheserverwithinFCCClassBlimits,useaCategory5Ethernet
cable.

Microphoneconnector

Usedtoattachamicrophonetoyourserverwhenyouwanttorecordsoundorif
youusespeech-recognitionsoftware.

Serialconnector

Usedtoattachanexternalmodem,aserialprinter,orotherdevicesthatusea
9-pinserialconnector.

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ConnectorDescription

USBconnectorUsedtoattachadevicethatrequiresaUSBconnector,suchasaUSBkeyboard,a

USBmouse,aUSBscanner,oraUSBprinter.IfyouhavemorethaneightUSB
devices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

VGAmonitorconnectorUsedtoattachaVGAmonitororotherdevicesthatuseaVGAmonitorconnector.

Locatingpartsonthesystemboard

Figure5“Systemboardpartlocations”onpage15showsthelocationsofthepartsonthesystemboard.

Figure5.Systemboardpartlocations

1PS/2keyboardandmouseconnector14SA TA3.0connectors0to4
24-pinpowerconnector
3Systemboardbattery16Frontpanelconnector(forconnectingtheLEDsandpower

15Powerfanconnector

buttononthefrontoftheserver)

4Microprocessor

17FrontUSB3.0connector(forconnectingtheUSBconnectors

onthefrontoftheserver)

5Microprocessorfanconnector

18FrontUSB2.0connector(forconnectinganadditionalUSB

device)

6Memoryslot1(DIMM1)19ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)

/Recoveryjumper

7Memoryslot2(DIMM2)20Serial(COM2)connector
8Memoryslot3(DIMM3)21PCIcardslot

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9Memoryslot4(DIMM4)22PCIExpressx4cardslot
10Thermalsensorconnector
11Harddiskdrivefanconnector
124-pinSATApowerconnectors(2)25Systemfanconnector
1314-pinpowerconnector

23PCIExpressx1cardslot
24PCIExpressx16cardslot

26Coverpresenceswitchconnector(intrusionswitchconnector)

Internalcomponents

Figure6“Componentlocations”onpage16showsthelocationsofthevariouscomponentsinyourserver.
Toremovetheservercoverandaccesstheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover”onpage37

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Figure6.Componentlocations

1Heatsinkandfanassembly7Frontfanassembly
2Microprocessor8Harddiskdrive
3Memorymodule
4Opticaldrive10Graphicscard(availableinsomemodels)
5Cardreaderdrivebay
6Frontbezel12Powersupplyassembly

9Systemboard

11Rearfanassembly

Internaldrives

Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Youcanadddrivestoyourserver
toincreasestoragecapacityandenableyourservertoreadothertypesofmedia.Internaldrivesare
installedinbays.

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Figure7“Drivebaylocations”onpage17showsthelocationsofthedrivebays.

Figure7.Drivebaylocations

1Opticaldrivebay
2Secondaryopticaldrivebay
3Cardreaderdrivebay
4SecondarySATAharddiskdrivebay
5PrimarySATAharddiskdrivebay(witha3.5-inchSATAharddiskdriveinstalled)

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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Aftertheserverisconnectedtoanacpowersource,youcanturnontheserverbypressingthepowerbutton.

Turningofftheserver

Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmustdisconnectthepowercordfromtheserver.

Someoperatingsystemsrequireanorderlyshutdownbeforeyouturnofftheserver.Seeyouroperating
systemdocumentationforinformationaboutshuttingdowntheoperatingsystem.

Statement5

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

Theservercanbeturnedoffinanyofthefollowingways:

•Youcanturnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystem,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.After
anorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.

•Youcanpressthepowerbuttontostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturnoffthe
server,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Iftheoperatingsystemstopsfunctioning,youcanpressandholdthepowerbuttonformorethanfour
secondstoturnofftheserver.

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Chapter5.Conguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage28

•“ConguringRAID”onpage31

•“UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram”onpage34

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changethecongurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage19.

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage25.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationaboutsystemsummary,theBIOSversion,machinetypeandmodel,and
systemdateandtime.

OntheSystemSummarymenu,selectInstalledMemoryandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreento
viewinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodules.

•OntheAdvancedmenu,selectCPUSetupandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformation
abouttheinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.

•OntheDevicesmenu,selectATADriveSetupandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoview
informationabouttheinstalledSATAorSASdevices,suchasaharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.

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SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsiderchanging
theserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectlymightcause
unexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,usetheClear
CMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage15

•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreashtheBIOS.

TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:

•“Mainmenu”onpage22

•“Devicesmenu”onpage22

•“Advancedmenu”onpage23

•“Powermenu”onpage24

•“Securitymenu”onpage23

•“Startupmenu”onpage24

•“Exitmenu”onpage24

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LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Y oucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage27

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryswitchtorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Recoveringfroma
BIOSupdatefailure”onpage28.

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Mainmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationabout
theBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage24.

Devicesmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousdevicesettingsontheDevicesmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneach
submenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe
correspondingfeatures.

TheDevicesmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•SerialPortSetup:Viewandsetserialportcongurationparameters.

•USBSetup:ViewandsetUSBcongurationparameters.

•A TADriveSetup:ViewandsetSATAharddiskdrivecongurationparameters.

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•VideoSetup:Viewandsettheprimaryvideoadaptertype.

•AudioSetup:Enableordisabletheonboardaudiocontroller.

•NetworkSetup:EnableordisabletheonboardEthernetcontrollerandothernetworkfeatures.

Advancedmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu,
pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow
keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheAdvancedmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•CPUSetup:ViewandsetCPUsetupcongurationparameters.

•Intel

•Intel

•CPUCRIDSupport:EnableordisabletheCPUCRIDSupportfeature.

•ChipsetCRIDSupport:EnableordisabletheChipsetCRIDSupportfeature.

®

Manageability:ViewandsetIntelManageabilitycongurationparameters.

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SIPPSupport:EnableordisabletheIntelSIPPSupportfeature.

Securitymenu

YoucansetpasswordsandcongureothersecurityfeaturesontheSecuritymenuintheSetupUtility
program.Foreachmenuitem,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusing
theupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthe
menuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingmainitems:

•AdministratorPassword:Viewthestatusofanadministratorpassword.

•Power-OnPassword:Viewthestatusofauserpassword.

•SetAdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage25.

•SetPower-OnPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.
See“Usingpasswords”onpage25

•ChassisIntrusionDetection:EnableordisabletheChassisIntrusionDetectionfeature.

TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•TCGFeatureSetup:ConguretheTPMfunction.See“ConguringtheTPMfunction”onpage26

•SystemEventLog:Viewandclearthesystemeventlog.

•SecureBoot:Viewandsetsecurebootcongurationparameters.

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Powermenu

ThePowermenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangetheserver
poweroptions.

ThePowermenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•AfterPowerLoss:Viewandcongurethesystemperformanceafteracpowerisremovedandthe
restored.

•EnhancedPowerSavingMode:EnableordisableEnhancedPowerSavingMode.

ThePowermenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•IntelligentCoolingEngine(ICE):Enablethesystemtoentertheloweracousticlevelorbetterthermal
level.

•AutomaticPowerOn:EnableordisabletheAutomaticPowerOnfeatures.

Startupmenu

TheStartupmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramlistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledinyourserverand
thelisteditemsvarydependingonyourserverconguration.Ifyouselectadesireddevicelistedonthis
menu,theserverwillstartfromthedeviceyouselect.

YoucanpressF12whenturningontheserverandselectatemporarystartupdevicefromthebootdevice
selectionwindow.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage26.

Exitmenu

AfteryounishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesiredaction
fromtheExitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexittheprogram.Press
EntertoselecttheitemontheExitmenuandthenselectYeswhenpromptedtoconrmtheaction.For
informationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage27

TheExitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•SaveChangesandExit:SavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.

•LoadOptimalDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

•OSOptimizedDefaults:SelectEnabledtomeettheMicrosoftWindows8certicationrequirement.The
settingsfortheCSMsupport,bootmode,bootpriority,secureboot,andsecurityRollBackprevention
willbeaffected.

Settingthesystemdateandtime

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemTime&Date.

3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

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Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetpasswordstopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourcomputer
anddata.Thefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailable:

•Power-OnPassword

•AdministratorPassword

Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstouseyourcomputer.However,usingpasswordsimproves
computingsecurity.Ifyoudecidetosetanypasswords,readthefollowingsections.

Passwordconsiderations

Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto64alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Forsecurityreasons,it
isrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Tosetastrongpassword,
usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•SetupUtilityprogramandharddiskdrivepasswordsarenotcasesensitive

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

Power-OnPassword

WhenaPower-OnPasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalidpasswordeachtimethecomputeris
turnedon.Thecomputercannotbeuseduntilthevalidpasswordistypedin.

AdministratorPassword

SettinganAdministratorPassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou
areresponsibleformaintainingthecongurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttosetan
AdministratorPassword.

WhenanAdministratorPasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalidpasswordeachtimeyoutryto
accesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannotbeaccesseduntilavalidpassword
istypedin.

IfboththePower-OnPasswordandAdministratorPasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpassword.However,
youmustuseyourAdministratorPasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.

Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword

Toset,change,ordeleteapassword,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectSecurity.

3.Dependingonthepasswordtype,selectSetPower-OnPasswordorSetAdministratorPassword.

4.Followtheinstructionsontherightsideofthescreentoset,change,ordeleteapassword.

Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto64alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Formore
information,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage25.

Erasinglostorforgottenpasswords(clearingCMOS)

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoeraselostorforgottenpasswords,suchasauserpassword.

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Toerasealostorforgottenpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.LocatetheClearCMOS/Recoveryjumperonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystem
board”onpage15

4.RemoveallpartsanddisconnectallcablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstotheClearCMOS
/Recoveryjumper.

5.Movethejumperfromthestandardposition(pin1andpin2)tothemaintenanceposition(pin2and
pin3).

6.Reinstallallpartsandreconnectallcablesthathavebeenremoved.

7.Reinstalltheservercoverandreconnecttheserverpowercord.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”
onpage79.

8.Turnontheserverandleaveitonforapproximately10seconds.Then,turnofftheserverbyholdingthe
powerswitchforapproximatelyveseconds.

9.Repeatstep1throughstep4.

10.MovetheClearCMOS/Recoveryjumperbacktothestandardposition(pin1andpin2).

11.Reinstallallpartsandreconnectallcablesthathavebeenremoved.

12.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercords.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”
onpage79

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ConguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyoutoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTCGFeatureSetup,andthenpressEnter.

3.SelectTCGSecurityFeatures.Then,settheTPMSupporttoActive.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestartinordertoenable
theTPMfunction.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.

Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.

2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF10ifyourserverisconnectedtoanetworkandyouwantto
startuptheserverfromthenetwork.Otherwise,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Theboot
deviceselectionwindowopens.

3.Inthebootdeviceselectionwindow,usetheupanddownarrowkeysonthekeyboardtoswitch
betweentheselections.PressEntertoselectthedeviceofyourchoice.Then,theserverwillstart
upfromtheselecteddevice.

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•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

2.OntheStartupmenu,selectthedevicesforthePrimaryStartupSequence,theAutomaticStartup
Sequence,andtheErrorStartupSequence.Readtheinformationdisplayedontherightsideof
thescreen.

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ExitingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu.
YoumighthavetopressEscseveraltimes.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10orselectExit➙Save
ChangesandExit.Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit➙LoadOptimalDefaults.

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformed
eachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructionsfrom
otherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.Youcanusethe
SetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourserver.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage21

.

LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOS.Whenupdatesarereleased,theyareavailable
fordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.

YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverrmwareup-to-date.See
“ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater”onpage11.

Updating(ashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(ash)theBIOS.

Notes:

•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdatepackage.

•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotsupportthelatestsystemcongurations.

•IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSarebeingupdated,yourservermight
notrestartcorrectly.EnsurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironmentwitha
steadypowersupply.Besides,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithoutencountering
hardwareproblems.

•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSrmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.You

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alsocanrecordyourspecicBIOSsettingsbeforeupdatingtheBIOSforaneasierrecongurationin
thenewBIOSversion.

Toupdate(ash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatetheBIOS
updatepackage.

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.

3.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(ash)
theBIOS.

4.CheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure

IfthepowertoyourcomputerisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSisbeingupdated,yourcomputer
mightnotrestartcorrectly.Ifthishappens,performthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromthePOSTand
BIOSupdatefailure.ThisprocedureiscommonlycalledBoot-blockRecovery.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.

2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.LocatetheClearCMOS/Recoveryjumperonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystem
board”onpage15.

4.RemoveanycablesthatimpedeaccesstotheClearCMOS/Recoveryjumper.

5.Movethejumperfromthestandardposition(pin1andpin2)tothemaintenanceposition(pin2and
pin3).

6.ReconnectanycablesthatweredisconnectedandreinstallthePCIcardifremoved.

7.Reinstallthecomputercoverandreconnectthepowercordsforthecomputerandmonitortoelectrical
outlets.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

8.TurnonthecomputerandtheninsertthePOSTandBIOSupdate(ashupdate)discintotheoptical
drive.Therecoverysessionbegins.Therecoverysessionwilltaketwotothreeminutes.Duringthis
time,youwillhearaseriesofbeeps.

9.Aftertherecoverysessioniscompleted,theseriesofbeepswillend,andthesystemwillautomatically
turnoff.Removethediscfromtheopticaldrivebeforethesystemcompletelyturnsoff.

10.Repeatstep1throughstep4.

11.MovetheClearCMOS/Recoveryjumperbacktothestandardposition(pin1andpin2).

12.ReconnectanycablesthatweredisconnectedandreinstallthePCIcardifremoved.

13.Reinstallthecomputercoverandreconnectanycablesthatweredisconnected.

14.Turnonthecomputertorestarttheoperatingsystem.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongure
yourserver.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofinstallingsupportedoperatingsystemsand
devicedriversonyourserver.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating
systeminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemandassociateddevice
drivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
TheuserguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

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IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youcandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.

TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.

4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide

•Automatichardwaredetection

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•DownloadsdevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperatingsystem

•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystemtype

•AbilitytocreateareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsfaster

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.

TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:

1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintoanopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveastherststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page26

2.Waitfortheprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowingselections:

•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram

•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram

Note:ThesupportedlanguagesandkeyboardlayoutsfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramare
Dutch,English,French,German,Italian,Japanese,Russian,Spanish,andT urkish.YourThinkServer
EasyStartupDVDmightbeEnglishonly.Inthiscase,thekeyboardlayoutshouldbeEnglish.

3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormoremessages
aboutconguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovoLicense

.

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver29

Agreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmustacceptthe
termsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.

4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.

5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:

•Continuetothemaininterface.

•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapreexistingresponsele.
Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe

screen.IfthisisthersttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.

Notes:

•FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoviewthe
informationabouttheoperatingsystemsandservercongurationssupportedbythespecicversionof
theprogram;andclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowtousetheprogram.

•BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatanyexternal
storagedevicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:

•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe

Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.

•Compatibilitynotes
Thismenuprovidesinformationabouttheoperatingsystemsandservercongurationssupportedbythe

versionoftheprogramyouareusing.

•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe

program.

•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.

•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem

installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.

•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa

removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforservercongurationwhenyouneed
them.

Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

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UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating system

YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
doesnotstartautomatically,openthelaunch.exelelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Notes:

•YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.

•OntheMicrosoftWindowsServer
Locator(URL)fortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramWebpagetothetrustedWebsitelistsothat
thepagecanopencorrectly.

YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.

•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecicserverconguration
information.

•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforservercongurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyounishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstocongure
yourserver.

•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.

•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

®

2003operatingsystem,youmightneedtoaddtheUniformResource

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6.0

Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

Fordetailedinformation,refertothehelpinformationsystemfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

ConguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouthowtocongureRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)for
yourserver.

Note:TheinformationaboutconguringRAIDinthistopicisapplicableonlyinaWindowsenvironment.For
informationaboutconguringRAIDinaLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftwareprovider.

AboutRAID

RAID,anacronymforRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks,isatechnologythatprovidesincreased
storagefunctionsandreliabilitythroughredundancy.Thisisachievedbycombiningmultipleharddiskdrives
intoalogicalunit,wheredataisdistributedacrossthedrivesinoneofseveralwayscalledRAIDlevels.

WhenagroupofindependentphysicalharddiskdrivesaresetuptouseRAIDtechnology,theyareina
RAIDarray.Thisarraydistributesdataacrossmultipleharddiskdrives,butthearrayappearstothehost
serverasonesinglestorageunit.CreatingandusingRAIDarraysprovideshighperformance,suchasthe
expeditedI/Operformance,becauseseveraldrivescanbeaccessedsimultaneously.

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RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedtosingle-drivestorage
systems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdatafromthe
remainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforlargelesinanenvironmentthatdoesnotrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0hasno
redundancyanditprovidesimprovedperformanceandadditionalstoragewithoutfaulttolerance.Any
drivefailuredestroysthearrayandthelikelihoodoffailureincreaseswithmoredrivesinthearray.RAID
0doesnotimplementerrorchecking,soanyerrorisuncorrectable.Moredrivesinthearraymeans
higherbandwidth,butgreaterriskofdataloss.

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforsmallrandomaccess.RAID5distributesparityalongwiththedataandrequires
alldrivesbutonetobepresenttooperate;drivefailurerequiresreplacement,butthearrayisnot
destroyedbyasingledrivefailure.Upondrivefailure,anysubsequentreadoperationscanbecalculated
fromthedistributedparitysothatthedrivefailureismaskedfromtheenduser.Thearraywillhavedata
lossintheeventofaseconddrivefailureandisvulnerableuntilthedatathatwasonthefailingdriveis
rebuiltontoareplacementdrive.Asingledrivefailureinthesetwillresultinreducedperformanceof
theentiresetuntilthefailingdrivehasbeenreplacedandrebuilt.

RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive

groupthatcreatesastripedsetfromaseriesofmirroreddrives.RAID10allowsamaximumofeight
spans.YoumustuseanevennumberofdrivesineachRAIDvirtualdriveinthespan.TheRAID1
virtualdrivesmusthavethesamestripesize.RAID10provideshighdatathroughputandcompletedata
redundancybutusesalargernumberofspans.

RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourharddiskdrivesandalsorequiresanevennumberofdrives,
forexample,sixharddiskdrivesoreightharddiskdrives.

ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality

ThissectiondescribeshowtocongurethesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality.

Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.

ToenableSATARAIDfunctionality,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

2.SelectDevices➙A TADriveSetup.

3.SelectCongureSA TAasandpressEnter.

4.SelectRAIDModeandpressEnter.

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5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

CreatingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconguration
utilitytocreateRAIDvolumes.

TocreateRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectCreateRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.

3.TypeaproperRAIDvolumenameintheNameeldandpressTab.

4.UsethearrowkeystoselectaRAIDlevelintheRAIDLeveleldandpressTab.

5.Ifappropriate,usethearrowkeystoselectastripesizeintheStripeSizeeldandpressTab.

6.TypeavolumesizeintheCapacityeldandpressTab.

7.PressEntertoinitiatevolumecreation.

8.Whenprompted,pressYtoacceptthewarningmessageandcreatethevolume.

9.Ifdesired,returntostep2tocreateadditionalRAIDvolumes.

10.Whennished,selectExitandpressEnter.

DeletingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconguration
utilitytodeleteRAIDvolumes.

TodeleteRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectDeleteRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.

3.UsethearrowkeystoselecttheRAIDvolumetobedeletedandpressDelete.

4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconrmthedeletionoftheselectedRAIDvolume.DeletingaRAIDvolume
willresettheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.

5.AfterdeletingaRAIDvolume,youcan:

•Returntostep2todeleteadditionalRAIDvolumes.

•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage33

•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.

forRAIDvolumecreation.

Resettingdiskstonon-RAID

Thissectiondescribeshowtoresetyourharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.

Toresetyourharddiskdrivestonon-RAID,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectResetDiskstoNon-RAIDandpressEnter.

3.Usethearrowkeysandthespacekeytomarkindividualphysicalharddiskdrivestobereset,andthen
pressEntertocompletetheselection.

4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconrmtheresetaction.

5.Afterresettingtheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID,youcan:

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•See“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage33forRAIDvolumedeletion.

•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage33forRAIDvolumecreation.

•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.

Updatingthermware

Thermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandthelatestrmwareisalwaysavailablefordownloading
fromtheLenovoWebsite.

Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
levelofrmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorrestorethepreexistingrmwarefromadisketteor
CDimage.

Notes:

•TheBIOSROMleisstoredinashonthesystemboard.

•TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDrmwareisintegratedintotheBIOSROMonthesystemboard.

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.

ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
FirmwareUpdaterprogram.

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheTXTlethatcontainsinstallation
instructions.

3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

4.PrinttheTXTleandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtoupdateyour
systemrmware.

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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Guidelines”onpage35

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage37

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage40

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

•“Installingsecurityfeatures”onpage81

Guidelines

Thissectionprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe
LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand
understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,go
tohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers,andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updating
thermware”onpage34

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage83
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage89.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

formoreinformation.

todobasic

–Ensurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,
andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

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•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupply,a
hot-swapharddiskdrive,orahot-plugUSBdevice.However,youmustturnofftheserverbefore
performinganystepthatinvolvesinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swap
devicesorcomponents.

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

•Whenyouarenishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightndsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

Anyserverpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto
electrostaticdischarge(ESD).ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.
ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe
personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.

Notes:

•Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

•EnsurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIExpresscards,memorymodules,
systemboards,andmicroprocessors)byedgesorframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposed
circuitry.

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleandpossiblydamagethedevice.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

•Removethenewpartfromthestatic-protectivepackageanddirectlyinstallitintheserverwithout
placingitonanyothersurface.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecicsituation,placethe
static-protectivepackageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewparton
thestatic-protectivepackage.

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.

•Theuseofagroundingsystemisrecommended.Forexample,itisrecommendedtowearanelectrostatic
discharge(ESD)wriststrap,ifoneisavailable.EnsurethatyouworkinanESD-safearea.Selecta
groundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecicservice
requirement.

Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.

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–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.
–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor

referencepoint.Youcanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usethegroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedservers.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,strictlyfollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled.

•Iftheserversupportshot-swapredundantpowersupplies,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundant
powersupplyinstalled,oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalledwhiletheotherbayiscovered
byashield.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertoensurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave
approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace
objectsinfrontofthefans.Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnon
theserver.Operatingtheserverforextendedperiodsoftime(morethan30minutes)withtheserver
coverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIExpresscards,followthecablinginstructions
thatcomewiththeoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

•Ifyourserverhasairductsorairbafes,donotremovethemwhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingthe
serverwithouttheairductsorairbafesmightcausethemicroprocessor(s)tooverheat.

•Forserversthatsupportuptotwomicroprocessors,ensurethatthesecondmicroprocessorsocket
alwayscontainsamicroprocessororisprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

•Avoidwearingloose-ttingclothingonyourforearms.Buttonlong-sleevedshirtsbeforeworkinginside
theserver;donotwearcufflinkswhileyouareworkinginsidetheserver.

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

•Removejewelry,suchasbracelets,necklaces,rings,andloose-ttingwristwatches.

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware37

CAUTION:

Turnofftheserverandwaitthreetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheserver
cover.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeanymediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

3.Disconnectthepowercords,Input/Output(I/O)cables,andanyothercablesthatareconnectedtothe
server.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage12and“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage13.

4.Removeanylockingdevicethatsecurestheservercover,suchasapadlockoranintegratedcablelock.
See“Integratedcablelock”onpage81and“Padlock”onpage81.

5.Removethetwothumbscrewsthatsecuretheservercover.

6.Pressthecover-releasebuttononthesideoftheserverandslidethecovertotherearoftheserver
toremovethecover.

Figure8.Removingtheservercover

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel.

Toremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel,dothefollowing:

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1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Removethefrontbezelbyreleasingthethreeplastictabsontheleftsideandpivotingthefrontbezel
outward.

Figure9.Removingthefrontbezel

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware39

4.Toreinstallthefrontbezel,alignthethreeplastictabsontherightsideofthefrontbezelwiththe
correspondingholesinthechassis,thenpivotthefrontbezelinwarduntilitsnapsintopositionon
theleftside.

Figure10.Reinstallingthefrontbezel

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Youcan
expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodulesorother
serveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.

Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationorremovalinstructionsinthistopic
alongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.

Notes:

•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIExpresscardslots
coveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIExpresscard,savetheEMIshieldordummy
trayfromthedrivebayorsavethePCIExpresscardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIExpresscardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,ller,
oranyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultin
overheatingorcomponentdamage.

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InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheEthernetcard.Useanydocumentationthat
camewiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthissection.

ToinstallorremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.TheEthernetcardisakindofPCIcard.See“InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard”onpage56andfollow

5.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedEthernetcardtothemanufacturer,followallpackaging

IfyouareusingtheMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems,youneedtoinstallthedevicedriverforthe
Ethernetcard.ToinstallthedevicedriveronWindowsoperatingsystems,dothefollowing:

1.Saveanyopendocumentsandexitallapplications.

2.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcamewithyourserverintotheDVDdrive.

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

thoseinstructionstoinstallorremovetheEthernetcard.

instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatcamewiththeEthernetcard.

3.Right-clickMyComputerandselectProperties.TheSystemPropertieswindowopens.

4.OntheHardwaretab,clicktheDeviceManagerbutton.TheDeviceManagerwindowopens.

5.ExpandNetworkadaptersandthenright-clickoneoftheEthernetcards(PRO/1000PTortheyellow
questionmark).

6.SelectUpdateDriver....TheHardwareUpdateWizardprogramopens.

7.SelectInstallthesoftwareautomatically(Recommended)andclickNexttocontinue.

8.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.

Note:ThememorymodulesareextremelysensitivetoESD.Makesurethatyoureadandunderstand
“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage36rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

Memorymoduleinstallationrules

Yourserverhasfourmemoryslotsandithasthefollowingfeatures:

•Eachslotsupports2GBand4GBDDR3unbuffereddualinlinememorymodules(UDIMMs)withError
CheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.

•Theminimumsystemmemoryis2GB(onlyone2GBmemorymoduleinstalledintheDIMM2slot).

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware41

•Themaximumsystemmemoryis16GB(one4GBmemorymoduleinstalledineachofthefourmemory
slots).

Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodulesinyourspecicservermodel,usetheSetupUtility
program.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage21.

ForalistofsupportedThinkServermemorymoduleoptions,goto:http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Thefollowingillustrationhelpsyoutolocatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.

Figure11.Memoryslotsonthesystemboard

1Memoryslot(DIMM1)3Memoryslot(DIMM3)
2Memoryslot(DIMM2)4Memoryslot(DIMM4)

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforyourserver.The“X”markindicatesthe
memoryslotsintowhichthememorymodulesshouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.

Note:Theinstalledmemorymodulesmustbethesametypewiththesamevoltageandfrequency.

Table1.Memorymoduleinstallationrules

DIMMDIMM1DIMM2DIMM3DIMM4

OneDIMM
TwoDIMMsXX
ThreeDIMMsXXX
FourDIMMsXXXX

X

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Installingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallamemorymodule.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

1.Tooptimizesystemperformance,makesurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymodule
installationruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage41.

2.Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

5.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.
Dependingonyourservermodel,youmightneedtoremovethePCIExpressx16cardforeasieraccess
tothememoryslots.See“InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard”onpage56

6.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”on
page41

fortheinstallationsequenceinformation.

Figure12.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslots

7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon
theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.

Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware43

8.Positionthenewmemorymoduleoverthememoryslot.Makesurethatthenotch1onthenewmemory
moduleisalignedwiththekey2inthememoryslot.Then,pressthenewmemorymodulestraightdown
intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipscloseandthenewmemorymodulesnapsintoposition.

Note:Ifthereisagapbetweenthememorymoduleandtheretainingclips,thememorymodulehas
notbeencorrectlyinstalled.Opentheretainingclips,removethememorymodule,andthenreinstallit
intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipsarecompletelyclosed.

Figure13.Installingamemorymodule

9.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesyouhaveremoved.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

.

Removingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveamemorymodule.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Tooptimizesystemperformance,makesurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymodule
installationruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage41.

Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

5.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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6.Locatetheappropriatememorymodulethatyouwanttoremoveandopentheretainingclipsonboth
endsofthememoryslot.Then,graspthememorymodulebyitsedgesandcarefullypullitstraight
uptoremoveitfromthememoryslot.

Figure14.Removingamemorymodule

7.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

.

Installingorremovingthetertiaryharddiskdrive

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovethetertiaryharddiskdrive.

Installingthetertiaryharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Youcaninstallatertiary3.5-inchharddiskdriveintothesecondaryopticaldrivebayofyourserver.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallthetertiaryharddiskdrive.

Toinstallthetertiaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware45

4.Installtheharddiskdriveintothe5.25-inchto3.5-inchdriveconversionbracket.Then,installthefour
screwstosecuretheharddiskdriveinthebracket.

Note:Youcanobtaina5.25-inchto3.5-inchdriveconversionbracketfromalocalcomputerretailer
orbycontactingtheCustomerSupportCenter.

Figure15.Installingtheharddiskdriveintothedriveconversionbracket

5.Installtheretaineronthesideofthebracket.

Figure16.Installingtheretaineronthesideofthebracket

6.Ifthereisametalstaticshieldinstalledinthesecondaryopticaldrivebay,removethemetalstaticshield.

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7.Slidethedriveconversionbracketintothesecondaryopticaldrivebayfromthefrontoftheserver
untilthebracketsnapsintoposition.

Figure17.Installingthedriveconversionbracketintothesecondaryopticaldrivebay

8.Connectthesignalcableandthepowercabletotherearofthenewharddiskdrive.

Figure18.Connectingcablestotheharddiskdrive

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware47

9.Connectthecableofthefanforthetertiaryharddiskdrivetooneoftheavailableconnectors1ofthe
fanpowerconvertercable.Then,connecttheconnector2totheharddiskdrivefanconnectoronthe
systemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Figure19.Connectingthecableofthefanforthetertiaryharddiskdrive

10.Removetheplasticpanelthatprotectsthesecondaryopticaldrivebayfromthefrontbezel.

11.Reinstallthefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

.

Removingthetertiaryharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovethetertiary3.5-inchharddiskdrive.

Toremovethetertiary3.5-inchharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

4.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtherearofthetertiaryharddiskdrive.

5.Disconnectthecableofthefanforthetertiaryharddiskdrivefromthefanpowerconvertercable.

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6.Pressthereleasebutton1andslidethedriveconversionbracketwiththetertiaryharddiskdrive
outofthefrontoftheserver.

Figure20.Removingthedriveconversionbracket

7.Removethefourscrewsthatsecuretheharddiskdrive.Then,removetheharddiskdriveoutofthe
driveconversionbracket.

Figure21.Removingtheharddiskdriveoutofthedriveconversionbracket

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware49

8.Toinstallanewtertiaryharddiskdrive,see“Installingthetertiaryharddiskdrive”onpage45.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

.

Installingorremovingtheslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdrive

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheslimopticaldriveandthefourthhard
diskdrive.

Installingtheslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Youcaninstallaslimopticaldriveandafourthharddiskdriveintotheopticaldrivebayofyourserver.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdriveintothe
opticaldrivebay.

Toinstalltheslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

4.Installtheslimopticaldriveconversionboardintothecagefortheslimopticaldriveandthefourthhard

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

diskdrive.Then,installthetwoscrewstosecuretheslimopticaldriveconversionboard.

Figure22.Installingtheslimopticaldriveconversionboard

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5.Installthetwoscrewstosecuretheslimopticaldriveretainertothesideoftheslimopticaldrive.

Figure23.Installingtheslimopticaldriveretainer

6.Installtheslimopticaldrivewiththeretainerintothecage.

Figure24.Installingtheslimopticaldriveintothecage

7.Pressthetabatthefrontofthecageuntilyouhearaclick.Theslimopticaldriveissecuredinplace.

Figure25.Securingtheslimopticaldriveinthecage

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware51

8.Slidetheharddiskdriveintothecagefromtherearofthecage.

Figure26.Slidingtheharddiskdriveintothecage

9.Installthefourscrewstosecuretheharddiskdriveinthecage.

Figure27.Installingthescrewstosecuretheharddiskdriveinthecage

10.Installthecageretaineronthesideofthecage.

Figure28.Installingthecageretainer

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11.Slidethecagewiththeslimopticaldriveandtheharddiskdriveintotheopticaldrivebayfromthefront
oftheserveruntilthecagesnapsintoposition.

Figure29.Slidingthecageintotheopticaldrivebay

12.Connectthesignalcablesandthepowercablestotheslimopticaldriveandtheharddiskdrive.

13.Connectthecableofthefanforthefourthharddiskdrivetotheharddiskdrivefanconnectoronthe
systemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Note:Ifyourserverhasatertiaryharddiskdriveinstalled,thefanpowerconvertercableconnector
connectedtotheharddiskdrivefanconnectoronthesystemboard.Connectthecableofthefanfor
thefourthharddiskdrivetooneoftheavailableconnectors1ofthefanpowerconvertercable.

2is

Figure30.Connectingthecableofthefanforthefourthharddiskdrive

14.Installtheplasticbezelforthecageontothefrontbezel.

15.Reinstallthefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware53

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

Removingtheslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdrive.

Toremovetheslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

4.Disconnectthesignalcablesandthepowercablesfromtheslimopticaldriveandthefourthhard
diskdrive.

5.Disconnectthecableofthefanforthefourthharddiskdrivefromtheharddiskdrivefanconnectoron
thesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Note:Ifyourserverhasatertiaryharddiskdriveinstalled,disconnectthecableofthefanforthefourth
harddiskdrivefromthefanpowerconvertercable.

6.Pressthereleasebutton1andslidethecagewiththeslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdrive
outofthefrontoftheserver.

Figure31.Removingthecagewiththeslimopticaldriveandthefourthharddiskdrive

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7.Pressthereleasebutton1toejectthetab2thatsecurestheslimopticaldrive.Then,slidetheslim
opticaldriveoutofthefrontofthecage.

Figure32.Removingtheslimopticaldrivefromthecage

8.Removetheslimopticaldriveretainerbyremovingthetwoscrewsthatsecuretheretainer.

Figure33.Removingtheslimopticaldriveretainer

9.Removethefourscrewsthatsecuretheharddiskdrive.Then,slidetheharddiskdriveoutofthe
rearofthecage.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware55

Figure34.Removingtheharddiskdrivefromthecage

10.Toinstallanewslimopticaldriveandanewfourthharddiskdrive,see“Installingtheslimoptical
driveandthefourthharddiskdrive”onpage50.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceaPCIcard.

YourserverhasonestandardPCIcardslot,onePCIExpressx1cardslot,onePCIExpressx4cardslot,and
onePCIExpressx16cardslot.

ToinstallorreplaceaPCIcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

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3.Attherearoftheserver,pressthereleasebutton1toopenthePCIcardlatch2.

Figure35.OpeningthePCIcardlatch

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware57

4.IfyouareinstallingaPCIcard,removetheappropriatemetalslotcover.IfyouarereplacinganoldPCI
card,grasptheoldcardthatiscurrentlyinstalledandgentlypullitoutoftheslot.

Notes:

a.ThePCIcardtstightlyintothecardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeachsideofthecarda

smallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromthecardslot.

b.IfthePCIcardisheldinplacebyaretainingclip,openthecardretainingclip1asshown.Graspthe

PCIcardandgentlypullitoutofthecardslot.

Figure36.OpeningthePCIcardretainingclip

Figure37.RemovingaPCIcard

5.RemovethenewPCIcardfromitsstatic-protectivepackage.

6.InstallthenewPCIcardintotheappropriateslotonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage15.

Note:IfyouareinstallingaPCIExpressx16card,makesurethememoryslotretainingclipsareclosed
beforeyouinstallthePCIExpressx16card.

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7.PivotthePCIcardlatchtotheclosedpositiontosecurethePCIcard.

Figure38.InstallingaPCIcard

Note:IfyouareinstallingaPCIcardintoaslotwiththeretainingclip,closethecardretainingclip
asshown.

Figure39.ClosingthePCIcardretainingclip

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware59

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

Installingorreplacingtheopticaldrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplacetheopticaldrive.

Toinstallorreplaceanopticaldrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

4.Dependingonwhetheryouareinstallingorreplacinganopticaldrive,dooneofthefollowing:

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

•Ifyouareinstallingasecondaryopticaldrive,removetheplasticpanelinthefrontbezelforthe

drivebayyouwanttouse.Ifthereisametalstaticshieldinstalledinthedrivebay,removethe
metalstaticshield.

•Ifyouarereplacinganopticaldrive,disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromthe

rearoftheopticaldrive,pressthebluereleasebutton

1andthenslidetheopticaldriveoutof

thefrontoftheserver.

Figure40.Removingtheopticaldrive

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5.Slidethenewopticaldrivewiththeopticaldriveretainer1installedintothedrivebayfromthefrontof
theserveruntiltheopticaldrivesnapsintoposition.

Figure41.Installingtheopticaldrive

6.Reinstallthefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

7.ConnectoneendofthesignalcabletotheopticaldriveandtheotherendtoanavailableSATA
connectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.Then,locatean
availableve-wirepowerconnectorandconnectittotheSATAdrive.

Figure42.ConnectingaSATAopticaldrive

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

.

Installingorreplacingthesecondaryharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware61

Toinstallorreplacethesecondaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Locatethesecondaryharddiskdrive.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15and
“Internaldrives”onpage16

.

4.Ifyouarereplacingthesecondaryharddiskdrive,disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercable
fromtheharddiskdrive.

5.Pullthebluehandletoreleaseandremovetheharddiskdrivefromtheharddiskdrivecage.

Figure43.Removingthesecondaryharddiskdrive

6.Flexthesidesofthebluebrackettoremovetheharddiskdrivefromthebracket.

7.Toinstallthesecondaryharddiskdrive,exthesidesofthebracketproperlyandalignpin1,pin2,pin

3,andpin4onthebracketwiththecorrespondingholesintheharddiskdrive.Donottouchthecircuit

board5onthebottomoftheharddiskdrive.

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Figure44.Installingtheharddiskdriveintothebracket

8.Slidethenewharddiskdriveintotheharddiskdrivecageuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure45.Installingthesecondaryharddiskdrive

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware63

9.ConnectoneendofthesignalcabletotheharddiskdriveandtheotherendtoanavailableSATA
connectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.Then,locatean
availableve-wirepowerconnectorandconnectittotheharddiskdrive.

Figure46.ConnectingaSATAharddiskdrive

Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive.

Toreplacetheprimaryharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Locatetheprimaryharddiskdrive.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

4.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtherearoftheharddiskdrive.

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5.Pullthebluehandletoreleaseandremovetheharddiskdrivefromthedrivecage.

Figure47.Removingtheprimaryharddiskdrive

6.Flexthesidesofthebluebrackettoremovetheharddiskdrivefromthebracket.

7.Toinstallanewharddiskdriveintothebluebracket,exthesidesofthebracketandalignpin1,pin2,
pin3,andpin4onthebracketwiththecorrespondingholesintheharddiskdrive.Donottouchthe
circuitboard5onthebottomoftheharddiskdrive.

Figure48.Installingtheharddiskdriveintothebracket

8.Slidethenewharddiskdriveintothedrivecageuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware65

Figure49.Installingtheprimaryharddiskdrive

9.ConnectoneendofthesignalcabletotheharddiskdriveandtheotherendtoanavailableSATA
connectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.Then,locatean
availableve-wirepowerconnectorandconnectittotheharddiskdrive.

Figure50.ConnectingaSATAharddiskdrive

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

.

Replacingthepowersupplyassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethepowersupplyassembly.

Althoughtherearenomovingpartsinyourserverafterthepowercordhasbeendisconnected,thefollowing
warningsarerequiredforyoursafetyandproperUnderwritersLaboratories(UL)certication.

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DANGER

Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.

Toreplacethepowersupplyassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Laytheserveronitssideanddisconnectthepowersupplyassemblycablesfromthesystemboardand
alldrives.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware67

4.Removethefourscrewsattherearofthechassisthatsecurethepowersupplyassembly.

Figure51.Removingthescrewsthatsecurethepowersupplyassembly

5.Slidethepowersupplyassemblyalittlebitforwardandthenremoveitfromthechassis.

Figure52.Removingthepowersupplyassembly

6.Ensurethatthenewpowersupplyassemblyisthecorrectreplacement.

7.Installthenewpowersupplyassemblyintothechassissothatthescrewholesinthepowersupply
assemblyalignwiththoseinthechassis.

8.Installandtightenthefourscrewstosecurethepowersupplyassembly.

Note:UseonlyscrewsprovidedbyLenovo.

9.Reconnectthepowersupplyassemblycablestothesystemboardandeachofthedrives.

10.Securethepowersupplyassemblycableswiththecableclipsandtiesinthechassis.

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Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheheatsinkandfanassembly.

CAUTION:

Turnofftheserverandwaitthreetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheserver
cover.

Toreplacetheheatsinkandfanassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieraccesstothesystemboard.

4.Locatetheheatsinkandfanassembly.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

5.Disconnecttheheatsinkandfanassemblycablefromthemicroprocessorfanconnectoronthesystem

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

board.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware69

6.Followthissequencetoremovethefourscrewsthatsecuretheheatsinkandfanassemblytothe
systemboard:

a.Partiallyremovescrew1,thenfullyremovescrew2,andthenfullyremovescrew1.
b.Partiallyremovescrew3,thenfullyremovescrew4,andthenfullyremovescrew3.

Note:Carefullyremovethefourscrewsfromthesystemboardtoavoidanypossibledamagetothe
systemboard.Thefourscrewscannotberemovedfromtheheatsinkandfanassembly.

Figure53.Removingtheheatsinkandfanassembly

7.Liftthefailingheatsinkandfanassemblyoffthesystemboard.

Notes:

a.Youmighthavetogentlytwisttheheatsinkandfanassemblytofreeitfromthemicroprocessor.
b.Whilehandlingtheheatsinkandfanassembly,donottouchthethermalgreaseonthebottomofit.

8.Placethenewheatsinkandfanassemblyonthesystemboardsothatthefourscrewsontheheatsink
andfanassemblyarealignedwiththecorrespondingholesonthesystemboard.Makesurethatyou
properlyplacetheheatsinkandfanassemblysothatyoucaneasilyconnecttheheatsinkandfan
assemblycabletothemicroprocessorfanconnectoronthesystemboard.

9.Followthissequencetoinstallthefourscrewstosecurethenewheatsinkandfanassembly.SeeFigure
53“Removingtheheatsinkandfanassembly”onpage70.

a.Partiallytightenscrew1,thenfullytightenscrew2,andthenfullytightenscrew1.
b.Partiallytightenscrew3,thenfullytightenscrew4,andthenfullytightenscrew3.

Note:Donotover-tightenthescrews.

10.Connecttheheatsinkandfanassemblycabletothemicroprocessorfanconnectoronthesystem
board.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

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•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

ReplacingthefrontaudioandUSBassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethefrontaudioandUSBassembly.

ToreplacethefrontaudioandUSBassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

4.DisconnectthefrontaudioandUSBassemblycablefromthesystemboard.See“Locations”on

5.NotethefrontaudioandUSBassemblycableroutingandremovethescrewthatsecuresthefrontaudio

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

page11.

andUSBassembly.Then,removethefrontaudioandUSBassemblyfromthechassis.

Figure54.RemovingthefrontaudioandUSBassembly

6.RoutethenewfrontaudioandUSBassemblythroughtheholeinthechassis.

7.PositionthenewfrontaudioandUSBassemblytothechassissothatthescrewholeinthenewfront
audioandUSBassemblyisalignedwiththecorrespondingholeinthechassis.

8.InstallthescrewtosecurethenewfrontaudioandUSBassemblyinplace.

9.ConnectthenewfrontaudioandUSBassemblycablestothesystemboard.See“Locations”on
page11.

10.Reinstallthefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware71

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

Replacingthefrontfanassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Dependingonthemodeltype,yourservermighthaveafrontfanassemblyinstalled.Thissectionprovides
instructionsonhowtoreplacethefrontfanassembly.

Toreplacethefrontfanassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage38.

4.Disconnectthefrontfanassemblycablefromthepowerfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See

5.Thefrontfanassemblyisattachedtothechassisbyfourrubbermounts.Removethefrontfanassembly

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

bybreakingorcuttingtherubbermountsandgentlypullingthefrontfanassemblyoutofthechassis.

Note:Thenewfrontfanassemblywillhavefournewrubbermountsattached.

Figure55.Removingthefrontfanassembly

6.Installthenewfrontfanassemblybyaligningthenewrubbermountswiththecorrespondingholesin
thechassisandpushtherubbermountsthroughtheholes.

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7.Carefullypullonthetipsoftherubbermountsuntilthefrontfanassemblyissecuredinplace.

Figure56.Installingthefrontfanassembly

8.Connectthenewfrontfanassemblycabletothepowerfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See
“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

.

Replacingtherearfanassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage35.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetherearfanassembly.

Toreplacetherearfanassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Locatetherearfanassembly.See“Internalcomponents”onpage16.

4.Disconnecttherearfanassemblycablefromthesystemfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See
“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware73

5.Therearfanassemblyisattachedtothechassisbyfourrubbermounts.Removetherearfanassembly
bycuttingtherubbermountsandgentlypullingtherearfanassemblyoutofthechassis.

Note:Thenewrearfanassemblywillhavefournewrubbermountsattached.

Figure57.Removingtherearfanassembly

6.Installthenewrearfanassemblybyaligningthenewrubbermountswiththecorrespondingholesinthe
chassisandpushtherubbermountsthroughtheholes.

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7.Carefullypullonthetipsoftherubbermountsuntilthenewrearfanassemblyissecuredinplace.

Figure58.Installingtherearfanassembly

8.Connectthenewrearfanassemblycabletothesystemfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See
“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

Replacingthemicroprocessor

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethemicroprocessor.

CAUTION:

Theheatsinkandmicroprocessormightbeveryhot.Turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetove
minutestoletthecomputercoolbeforeremovingthecomputercover.

Toreplacethemicroprocessor,dothefollowing:

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware75

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.

2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Laythecomputeronitssideforeasieraccesstothesystemboard.

4.Locatethesystemboardanddisconnectallcablesconnectedtothesystemboard.See“Locating
partsonthesystemboard”onpage15

.

5.Removetheheatsinkandfanassembly.See“Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly”onpage69.

Note:Placetheheatsinkandfanassemblyonitssidesothatthethermalgreaseonthebottomofit
doesnotgetincontactwithanything.

6.Liftthesmallhandle1andopentheretainer2toaccessthemicroprocessor3.

Figure59.Accessingthemicroprocessor

7.Liftthemicroprocessorstraightupandoutofthemicroprocessorsocket.

Figure60.Removingthemicroprocessor

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Notes:

a.Yourmicroprocessorandsocketmightlookdifferentfromtheoneillustrated.
b.Notetheorientationofthemicroprocessorinthesocket.Youcaneitherlookforthesmalltriangle1

ononecornerofthemicroprocessorornotetheorientationofthenotches2onthemicroprocessor.
Thisisimportantwheninstallingthenewmicroprocessoronthesystemboard.

c.Touchonlytheedgesofthemicroprocessor.Donottouchthegoldcontactsonthebottom.
d.Donotdropanythingontothemicroprocessorsocketwhileitisexposed.Thesocketpinsmustbe

keptascleanaspossible.

8.Makesurethatthesmallhandleisintheraisedpositionandthemicroprocessorretainerisfullyopen.

9.Removetheprotectivecoverthatprotectsthegoldcontactsofthenewmicroprocessor.

10.Holdthenewmicroprocessorbyitssidesandalignthesmalltriangleononecornerofthenew
microprocessorwiththecorrespondingsmalltriangleononecornerofthemicroprocessorsocket.

11.Lowerthenewmicroprocessorstraightdownintothemicroprocessorsocketonthesystemboard.

Figure61.Installingthemicroprocessor

12.Closethemicroprocessorretainerandlockitintopositionwiththesmallhandletosecurethenew
microprocessorinthesocket.

13.Reinstalltheheatsinkandfanassembly.See“Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly”onpage69.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware77

14.Reconnectallcablesthatweredisconnectedfromthesystemboard.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79.

Replacingthesystemboardbattery

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethesystemboardbattery.

Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andcongurationinformationfor
built-infeatures.Thesystemboardbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.The
systemboardbatterynormallyrequiresnochargingormaintenancethroughoutitslife;however,nobattery
lastsforever.Ifthesystemboardbatteryfails,thedate,time,andcongurationinformation,including
passwords,arelostandanerrormessageisdisplayedwhenyouturnontheserver.

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

and“Guidelines”onpage35.

DANGER

Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis
recommendedbythemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly
used,handled,ordisposedof.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

ThefollowingstatementappliestousersinthestateofCalifornia,U.S.A.

CaliforniaPerchlorateInformation:

Productscontainingmanganesedioxidelithiumcoincellbatteriesmaycontainperchlorate.

PerchlorateMaterial-specialhandlingmayapply,
Seehttp://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Toreplacethesystemboardbattery,dothefollowing:

Note:Afteryoureplacethesystemboardbattery,youmustresetpasswords,resetsystemdateandtime,
andreconguretheserver.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.

3.Locatethesystemboardbattery.See“Locations”onpage11.

4.Removetheoldsystemboardbattery.

Figure62.Removingtheoldsystemboardbattery

5.Installthenewsystemboardbattery.

Figure63.Installingthenewsystemboardbattery

6.Reinstallthecomputercoverandconnectthecables.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page79.

Note:Whenthecomputeristurnedonforthersttimeafterthebatteryisreplaced,anerrormessage
mightbedisplayed.Thisisnormalafterreplacingthebattery.

7.Turnonthecomputerandallattacheddevices.

8.UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetthedate,time,andanypasswords.SeeChapter5“Conguring
theserver”onpage21.

9.Disposeofthefailingbatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage79

.

Completingthepartsreplacement

Aftercompletingtheinstallationorreplacementforallparts,youneedtoreinstalltheservercoverand
reconnectcables.

Toreinstalltheservercoverandreconnectcablestoyourserver,dothefollowing:

1.Makesurethatallcomponentshavebeenreassembledcorrectlyandthatnotoolsorloosescrewsare
leftinsideyourserver.See“Internalcomponents”onpage16forthelocationsofvariouscomponentsin
yourserver.

2.Ifyouhaveremovedthefrontbezel,reinstallit.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”on
page38.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware79

3.Makesurethatthecablesareroutedcorrectlybeforereinstallingtheservercover.Keepcablesclearof
thehingesandsidesoftheserverchassistoavoidinterferencewithreinstallingtheservercover.

4.Positiontheservercoveronthechassissothattherailguidesonthebottomoftheservercoverengage
therailsonthechassis.Then,slidethecovertothefrontoftheserveruntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure64.Reinstallingtheservercover

5.Installthescrewstosecuretheservercover.

6.Locktheservercoverifyouhaveaservercoverlock.See“Integratedcablelock”onpage81or
“Padlock”onpage81.

7.Reconnecttheexternalcablesandpowercordstotheserver.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage
12and“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage13.

8.Dependingonthepartsyouinstalledorreplaced,youmightneedtoconrmtheupdatedinformationin
theSetupUtilityprogram.RefertoChapter5“Conguringtheserver”onpage21

Note:Inmostareasoftheworld,LenovorequiresthereturnofthedefectiveCustomerReplaceableUnit
(CRU).InformationaboutthiswillcomewiththeCRUorwillcomeafewdaysaftertheCRUarrives.

.

Connectingthecables

Attention:Topreventdamagetoequipment,connectthepowercordsaftercompletingtheparts

replacement.

Iftheservercablesandconnectorpanelhavecolor-codedconnections,matchthecolorofthecableend
withthecoloroftheconnector.Forexample,matchabluecableendwithabluepanelconnector,ared
cableendwitharedconnector,andsoon.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage13
I/Oconnectorsontherearoftheserver.

foranillustrationofthe

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Connectingexternaldevices

Ifyouinstallasupportedoptionaladapter,youcanattachexternaldevicestotheserver.

Toattachanexternaldevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Ifyouareattachinganexternaldevice,seethedocumentationthatcomeswiththedevicefor
informationaboutcabling.

1.ReadandunderstandtheSafety,Warranty,andSupportInformationathttp://www.lenovo.com/support,
and“Guidelines”onpage35.

2.Turnofftheserverandallattacheddevices.

3.Followtheinstructionsthatcomewiththedevicetoprepareitforinstallationandtoconnectitto
theserver.

Updatingtheserverconguration

Whenyoustarttheserverforthersttimeafteryouinstallorremoveaninternaloptionorexternaldevice,
youmightreceiveamessagesayingthatthecongurationhaschanged.TheSetupUtilityprogramstarts
automaticallysothatyoucansavethenewcongurationsettings.

Someoptionshavedevicedriversthatyoumustinstall.Forinformationaboutinstallingdevicedrivers,see
thedocumentationthatcomeswitheachoption.

Youcanobtaindevicedriversforoperatingsystemsthatarenotpreinstalledat
http://www.lenovo.com/support.Installationinstructionsareprovidedinreadmeleswiththedevice
driverles.

Installingsecurityfeatures

Thereareseveralsecurityoptionsavailabletohelpyoupreventhardwaretheftandunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.Inadditiontophysicallocks,youcanalsopreventunauthorizeduseofyourserverbyasoftware
lockthatlocksthekeyboarduntilacorrectpasswordistypedin.

Note:Makesurethatanysecuritycablesyouinstalleddonotinterferewithotherservercables.

Integratedcablelock

Anintegratedcablelock,sometimesreferredtoastheKensingtonlock,canbeusedtosecureyourserverto
adesk,table,orothernon-permanentxture.Thecablelockattachestotheintegratedcablelockslotatthe
rearofyourserverandisoperatedwithakey.Thecablelockalsolocksthebuttonsusedtoremovethe
servercover.Thisisthesametypeoflockusedwithmanynotebookcomputers.Youcanorderanintegrated
cablelockdirectlyfromLenovobysearchingforKensingtonat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Padlock

Yourserverisequippedwithapadlockloopsothatthecovercannotberemovedwhenapadlockisinstalled.

Passwordprotection

Todeterunauthorizeduseofyourserver,youcanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetapassword.When
youturnonyourserver,youarepromptedtotypethepassword.Theservercannotbeuseduntilavalid
passwordistypedin.RefertoChapter5“Conguringtheserver”onpage21

formoreinformation.

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Chapter7.Troubleshootinganddiagnostics

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutbasictroubleshootinganddiagnosticmethodstohelpyousolve
problemsthatmightoccurintheserver.Ifyourserverproblemisnotdescribedhere,see“Helpandservice”
onpage90

Troubleshootingprocedure

Usethefollowinginformationasageneralprocedurefordiagnosingandtroubleshootingproblemsyou
experiencewithyourserver:

1.Verifythatthepowercordsandthecablesforallattacheddevicesareconnectedcorrectlyandsecurely.

2.Verifythattheserverandallattacheddevicesthatrequireacpowerareconnectedtoproperlygrounded,
functioningelectricaloutlets.

3.VerifythatallinstalledhardwareandattacheddevicesareenabledintheBIOSsettingsofyourserver.
FormoreinformationaboutaccessingandchangingtheBIOSsettings,see“UsingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage21

4.Iftheserverisnotworkingafteryouhaveaddednewsoftware,installedanewoptionaldevice,or
replacedapieceofhardware,removeorreinstallthesoftwareordevicetoseeiftheproblemcould
besolved.

5.TurnontheserverandpressEscassoonasyouseethelogoscreentoviewanydiagnosticmessages.

6.Downloadanduseadiagnosticprogramtodiagnoseproblems.See“Usingadiagnosticprogram”
onpage83.

7.Referto“Basictroubleshootingtables”onpage84andfollowtheinstructionsforthetypeofproblem
youareexperiencing.Ifthebasictroubleshootinginformationdoesnothelpyouresolveaproblem,
continuewiththenextstep.

8.Tryusingapreviouslyservercongurationtoseeifarecentchangetohardwareorsoftwaresettingshas
causedaproblem.Beforerestoringyourpreviousconguration,captureyourcurrentcongurationin
casetheoldercongurationsettingsdonotsolvetheproblemorhaveadverseeffect.

9.Useanantivirusprogramtoseeifyourserverhasbeeninfectedbyavirus.Iftheprogramdetectsa
virus,removethevirus.

10.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Getting
information,help,andservice”onpage89.

foradditionaltroubleshootingresources.

.

Usingadiagnosticprogram

Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:

•ThinkServerDiagnosticT ool

•ThinkServerSystemProleCollectionT ool

Touseadiagnosticprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocateadiagnostic
program.

2.Downloadandunzipthediagnosticprogrampackagetogetthediagnosticprogrampackagefolder.

3.OpenthediagnosticprogrampackagefolderandruntheQTW.exele.

4.Selectthelanguagewhenprompted.Then,clickContinue.

5.ReadtheEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA)termscarefullyandclickAccepttostarttheprogram.

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6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingadiagnosticprogram,refertotheuserguideofthediagnosticprogram,
whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

Basictroubleshootingtables

Usethebasictroubleshootinginformationtondsolutionstoproblemsthathavedenitesymptoms.

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramproblems

Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage

forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblem

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cannotbesolvedbyyourself,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage89.

Note:Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedurein
“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage40

.

Symptom

TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDdoesnotstart.1.MakesurethattheserversupportstheThinkServer

EasyStartupprogramandhasabootableDVDdrive.

2.Makesurethatyouhavesettheopticaldrivewith
theThinkServerEasyStartupDVDastherststartup
device.

3.Verifyiftheopticaldriveorthedischasproblems.
See“Opticaldriveproblems”onpage84.

Theoperatingsysteminstallationprogramcontinuously
loops.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramcannotstartthe
operatingsystemmedia.

Makemorespaceavailableontheharddiskdrive.

1.Makesurethattheoperatingsystemmediais
supportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
versionyourareusing.Foralistofthesupported
operatingsystems,refertotheuserguideand
compatibilitynotesfortheThinkServerEasyStartup
programthroughtheprogrammaininterface.See
“StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”on
page29

2.Verifyiftheopticaldriveorthedischasproblems.
See“Opticaldriveproblems”onpage84.

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Action

Opticaldriveproblems

Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage
83

forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblem
cannotbesolvedbyyourself,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage89.

Notes:

1.Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedurein“Installing,
removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage40.

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2.Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thisactionstepisreservedfora
trainedservicetechnicianandmustbeperformedonlybyatrainedservicetechnician.

Symptom

Theopticaldriveisnotrecognized.1.Makesurethat:

•Thesignalcableandconnectorarenotdamaged
andtheconnectorpinsarenotbent.

•Theopticaldriveissecurelyconnectedtothe
correctSATAconnectoronthesystemboardand
theSATAconnectorisenabledintheSetupUtility
program.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage21

•Allcablesandjumpers(ifany)areinstalled
correctly.

•Thecorrectdevicedriverisinstalledfortheoptical
drive.

2.Runanyopticaldrivediagnosticprogramsifyou
have.

3.Reinstalltheopticaldriveandreconnectcables.

4.Replacethesignalcablefortheopticaldrive.

5.Replacetheopticaldrive.

6.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Replacethesystem
board.

Adiscisnotworkingcorrectly.1.Makesurethatthediscisintheopticaldrivewiththe

shinysidefacingdown.

2.Makesurethatthediscsurfaceiscleanandnot
scratched.

3.Checkthediscorpackageforregionalcoding.You
mightneedtopurchaseadiscwithcodingforthe
regionwhereyouareusingtheproduct.

4.Restartthediscplayerprogram.

5.Restarttheserver.

6.Runanyopticaldrivediagnosticprogramsifyou
have.

7.Reinstalltheopticaldriveandreconnectcables.

8.Replacethesignalcablefortheopticaldrive.

9.Replacetheopticaldrive.

Action

.

Harddiskdriveproblems

Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage
83forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblem
cannotbesolvedbyyourself,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage89.

Note:Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedurein
“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage40.

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Symptom

Anewlyinstallednon-hot-swapharddiskdriveisnot
recognized.

Multipleharddiskdrivesfail.1.Ifyouhaveanydiagnosticprograms,runthe

1.Makesurethat:

•Thesignalcableandconnectorarenotdamaged.

•Thenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveissecurely
connectedtothecorrectSATAconnectoronthe
systemboardandtheSATAconnectorisenabled
intheSetupUtilityprogram.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage21

•Allcablesandjumpers(ifany)areinstalled
correctly.

2.Ifyouhaveanydiagnosticprograms,runthe
diagnosticprogramstotesttheharddiskdrive.

3.Reinstallthenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveand
reconnectcables.

4.Replacethesignalcableforthenon-hot-swaphard
diskdrive.

5.Replacethenon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.

diagnosticprogramstotesttheharddiskdrives.

2.Makesurethatthecableconnectioniscorrect.

3.Reconnectthepowercable.

4.Reconnectthesignalcable.

5.Replacetheaffectedsignalcable.

Action

.

Memorymoduleproblems

Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage
83forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblem
cannotbesolvedbyyourself,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage89

Notes:

1.Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedurein“Installing,
removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage40.

2.Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thisactionstepisreservedfora
trainedservicetechnicianandmustbeperformedonlybyatrainedservicetechnician.

Theamountofsystemmemorythatisdisplayedisless
thanthetotalcapacityoftheinstalledphysicalmemory
modulesandyoususpectamemorymoduleproblem.

.

Symptom

1.Makesurethat:

•Allmemorymodulesarethecorrecttype
supportedbytheserver.See“Features”onpage
7

.

•Youfollowthememorymoduleinstallationrules.
See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage
41

.

•Allmemorymodulesareseatedcorrectlyand
securely.

•Thesystemrmwareisup-to-date.

Action

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Symptom

2.Ifyouhaveanydiagnosticprograms,runthe
diagnosticprogramstotestthememorymodules.

3.Reinstallthememorymodules.

4.Replacethesuspectmemorymodules.

5.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Replacethesystem
board.

Action

Keyboard,mouse,orUSBdeviceproblems

Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage83
forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.

Symptom

Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork.1.Makesurethat:

•TheUSBkeyboardcableissecurelyconnected

toaUSBconnectorontheserver.IftheUSB
keyboardisconnectedtoaUSBhub,disconnect
thekeyboardfromthehubandconnectitdirectly
totheserver.

•Nokeysarestuck.

•TheUSBcontrollerisenabledintheSetupUtility

program.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage21

2.Restarttheserver.

3.Replacethekeyboard.

Themouseorpointingdevicedoesnotwork.1.Makesurethat:

•Themouseorpointingdevicecableissecurely

connectedtotheserver.IftheUSBmouseor
pointingdeviceisconnectedtoaUSBhub,
disconnectthemouseorpointingdevicefromthe
hubandconnectitdirectlytotheserver.

•Themouseorpointingdeviceiscleanandnodust

accumulates.

•Thedevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.

•TheUSBcontrollerisenabledintheSetupUtility

program.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage21

2.Restarttheserver.

3.Replacethemouseorpointingdevice.

AUSBdevicedoesnotwork.

1.Makesurethat:

•TheUSBcableissecurelyconnectedtotheserver.

IftheUSBdeviceisconnectedtoaUSBhub,
disconnectthedevicefromthehubandconnect
itdirectlytotheserver.

•Thedevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.

•TheUSBcontrollerisenabledintheSetupUtility

program.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage21

Action

.

.

.

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Symptom

Action

2.Restarttheserver.

3.ReplacetheUSBdevice.

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